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no room in which to store it,' the bee-keeper still says, 

 ' No ; I cannot let you go, but I will give you room. 

 I will give you a large super, or a glass, or more 

 probably a number of the little sections ; and, as soon 

 as you have filled these, I will give you more. You 

 shall never stand still for want of 

 room ; you shall always have 

 plenty.' 



To carry out this purpose, the 

 bee-keeper first of all prepares his 

 super or his sections by fixing in 

 them small pieces of comb foun- 

 dation, made very thin for this 

 special purpose. This secures 

 that the bees build the comb, true and straight, in the 

 proper shape. Then, in the case of sections, he puts 

 a number of them into a wooden frame called a rack, 

 which holds them all together. 



Section with Foundation; 



Sections in Raclc; 



In the next place he takes off from the frames in 

 the hive the quilts and covering, and puts on the 

 whole case of sections instead, covering all over with 

 plenty of flannel. And then, lastly, he puts on the roof, 

 which, as I have said before, must have plenty of room 



